Find Out If Your Favorite Historical Figures Were Actually Fictional Characters

Published on 12/10/2020
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Piotr Zak

For two decades, the BBC Third Programme was a popular channel people tuned into when they wanted to hear classical music pieces. Back then, listeners especially liked musical pieces by a Polish composer by the name of Piotr Zak. They found his tunes funny, but they had no idea that two producers actually made them of the network! Susan Bradshaw and Hans Keller composed them.

Piotr Zak

Piotr Zak

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JT Leroy

If you have ever read “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things,” you will know all about JT Leroy. Or you will at least think that you did. He was the alleged co-author of the semi-autobiography, together with Laura Albert. However, the truth is that she only invented him! The sister-in-law of the writer, Savannah Knoop, was the person who posed as JT Leroy.

JT Leroy

JT Leroy

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